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Minister rolls out SHUKRA for passport services

A state-of-the-art monitoring system designed to track passport applications, printing Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Mohsin Naqvi praised the Green Shirts for their spirited performance throughout the series. Photo: AFP ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi visited the Directorate General of Immigration and Passports on Monday, where he formally inaugurated the Secure Hybrid Intelligence for Knowledge-Based Response […]

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The bill proposes voluntary screening for student substance abuse

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Home Affairs will today (Tuesday) consider the Narcotic Drugs Control (Amendment) Bill, 2025, a key piece of legislation aimed at tackling drug use in educational institutions by further amending the Narcotic Drugs Control Act, 1997. Introduced by PPP MNA Sahar Kamran, the proposed legislation aims to prevent drug

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TTAP, JUI-F announce separate protests on February 8

ISLAMABAD: Major opposition parties, including the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), are preparing protests on February 8 to mark the second anniversary of general elections, but a united opposition front appears elusive as key parties announced separate agitation plans on Monday. Tehreek-e-Tahafuz-e-Ayeen Pakistan (TTAP), a major opposition alliance in which the PTI is a major stakeholder, held

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KP sounds the alarm about ‘withheld’ NFC funds

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has said that persistent delays in federal transfers are pushing the province towards a severe financial crisis, particularly affecting development in the newly merged districts – the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (ex-Fata). The chief minister has written a letter to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressing serious concern over

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KP CM warns federal delays in NFC transfers are pushing province into financial crisis

CM Sohail Afridi marks constitutional violation as federal funds for KP remain unpaid KP CM Sohail Afridi. Photo: Screengrab Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi expressed deep concern to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif over the federal government’s continued failure to release constitutionally guaranteed federal funds and warned that the province was facing an acute financial and

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Roads to Karachi Press Club blocked as protests erupt over Imaan, Hadi verdict

Lawyer Jibran Nasir criticizes Sindh government, says containers placed to block protest Police blocked roads outside KPC in protest against conviction of Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha. Photo: Twitter All roads leading to the Karachi Press Club (KPC) were blocked on Monday as traffic in the city center came to a standstill following a

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The Karachi police are forming a five-member special team to investigate the Gul Plaza tragedy

South DIG instructs the team to use all available resources to identify, apprehend those responsible for the incident Rescue workers search through the debris using excavators after a massive fire at a mall in Karachi. Photo: AFP The Karachi Police on Monday constituted a five-member special investigation team to probe the Gul Plaza tragedy and

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